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IN THE PAST 10 YEARS THE USE OF WATER IN GAMES HAS become more and more noticeable. Until not long ago, the technology to create real time convincing-looking water was […]

For anyone who's ever physically out film on the splicing block of a Moviola, digital video editing is one of the great technological leaps of our time. Essentially, most video [...]

Windows Movie Maker 2.1, which is included in Windows XP Service Pack 2, helps to transform home video footage into great movies. It helps to capture video from an analog camera or VCR by passing it through the digital camcorder, which performs the conversion from analog to digital.

The average home user can make home movies using a personal computer. A Pentium III processor and at least 128MB of system memory are needed for good results, and a dual-processor system can be helpful. Windows 98, Me and 2000 all are adequate operating systems. A user can work either with analog or with digital video. Adobe Premiere is recommended, and this article's tips and guidance are based on that package, but other PC video software products are available. For example, Ulead's Media Studio Pro 6 is good and is less expensive than Premiere.

Utilization of desktop videoconferencing together with media-on-demand is gaining popularity to support remote education and information services. In the city of Manchester, an economic strategy based on the use of telematics is being pursued to provide all levels of business, public and educational support. The strategy has resulted in the creation of several public and community centers in the city that enable small businesses and communities to gain remote access to multimedia facilities.

Getting video to play back on the Internet can be like trying to suck peanut butter through a straw. Video's bandwidth demands can overwhelm the narrow pipes that are phone […]

Apple University defines desktop learning as the application of desktop computers to enhance the skills and knowledge of employees. This type of learning is deliverable either through CD-ROMs or through the Internet. Apple University, which is the training unit of Apple Computer, has already offered two CDs for management training and is set to introduce one more in 1997. The benefit of desktop learning for employees is that it allows learning at any time and place it is required, minimizes embarrassment for participants, offers significant time savings through accelerated learning, and ensures consistency. Some factors that companies should consider when developing desktop learning are content, budget, development resources, design criteria, marketing and distribution, and evaluation and tracking., Desktop learning, as defined by Apple University, the training arm of Apple Computer, is the 'use of desktop computers by employees to improve skills and knowledge.' It can be delivered [...]

Is desktop videoconferencing ready for prime time? PICTURE IS worth a thousand words. But Mike Hillman believes a picture also can be worth thousands of dollars. Since 1995, Flagstar Bank, […]

Whether you're delivering a sales pitch to a new client, providing training to employees scattered across the world, brain-storming ideas for a new advertising campaign- or sharing the latest results […]

Advice from a best-selling author on troubleshooting problems with CD-ROM drives, sound, and video. Whether you're creating a presentation, checking out movie previews on the latest CD magazine, or blasting […]

The next best thing to being there, videoconferencing simulates face-to-face meetings where participants interact visually as well as verbally from their personal computers. No longer the exclusive domain of executives […]

Foundation Imaging's computer graphics for 'Babylon 5' proves that spectacular special effects can be created on a limited budget. The trio most responsible for the work are partners Ron Thornton, Michael Straczynski and Paul Beigle-Bryant.

Over the past decade, text, pictures and sound have moved from analog to digital. In many ways, this has changed how people work --and how they play. Desktop publishing not […]

The personal computer marketplace could mean huge potential revenues and chip volumes, and change the design of PCs Created to perform math-intensive tasks in real time, the digital signal processing […]

New Media Graphics' Super Motion Video Compression includes the Super Video Windows-CM board and the Super Motion Compression board. The entire kit, including both software and hardware, costs $2,990. The compression board is easy to install, and the software is easy to use. Video compression probably is the most important multimedia technology for network planners. PC video compression technology is practical, but it is a little expensive and a little hard to use. The compressed video experiences some degradation., Of all the technologies that make up multimedia, video compression is probably of greatest importance to network planners. After test driving one of the leading PC vide compression solutions, my [...]

Desktop Video Begins Edging into the Picture Video on the desktop has gone through a variety of incarnations; it is not a new concept. The first was AT&T's Picturephone, which [...]

With all the major changes affecting the editing market, it still seems to abide by the law of science: for every positive action, there is an equal negative reaction. Digital [...]